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Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance and Siddhartha 2 Books Collection Set QUOTES

1 " I must always seem so reserved and remote to them. Once in a while they ask questions that seem to call for a statement of what the hell I'm always thinking about, but if I were to babble what's really on my mind about, say, the a priori presumption of the continuity of a motorcycle from second to second and do this without benefit of the entire edifice of the Chautauqua, they'd just be startled and wonder what's wrong. I really am interested in this continuity and the way we talk and think about it and so tend to get removed from the usual lunchtime situation and this gives an appearance of remoteness. It's a problem. "

― Robert M. Pirsig , Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance and Siddhartha 2 Books Collection Set

2 " Birisi nankörse ve siz ona nankör olduğunu söylerseniz, en fazla ona bir ad takmış olursunuz ama hiçbir şeyi çözmüş olmazsınız. "

― Robert M. Pirsig , Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance and Siddhartha 2 Books Collection Set

3 " Vivere solo in funzione di una meta è sciocco. È sui fianchi delle montagne che si sviluppa la vita. "

― Robert M. Pirsig , Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance and Siddhartha 2 Books Collection Set

4 " When you’re talking birth control, what blocks it and freezes it out is that it’s not a matter of more or fewer babies being argued. That’s just on the surface. What’s underneath is a conflict of faith, of faith in empirical social planning versus faith in the authority of God as revealed by the teachings of the Catholic Church. You can prove the practicality of planned parenthood till you get tired of listening to yourself and it’s going to go nowhere because your antagonist isn’t buying the assumption that anything socially practical is good per se. Goodness for him has other sources which he values as much as or more than social practicality. "

― Robert M. Pirsig , Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance and Siddhartha 2 Books Collection Set

5 " La Iglesia de la Razón, como todas las instituciones del Sistema, no se basa en la fuerza individual sino en la debilidad individual. Lo que en realidad se pide en la Iglesia de la Razón no es capacidad sino incapacidad. En ese caso es considerada “educable”. Una persona verdaderamente capaz es siempre una amenaza "

― Robert M. Pirsig , Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance and Siddhartha 2 Books Collection Set

6 " We’re in such a hurry most of the time we never get a chance to talk.
The result is a kind of endless
day to day shallowness,
a monotony that leaves a person wondering where all the time went and sorry that it’s all gone.
  "

― Robert M. Pirsig , Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance and Siddhartha 2 Books Collection Set

7 " Истината чука на вратата, а ти й казваш: "върви си, аз търся истината". "

― Robert M. Pirsig , Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance and Siddhartha 2 Books Collection Set

8 " Il problema sul quale si bloccano gli scienziati è quello del pensiero.
Il pensiero non possiede nè materia nè energia, oppure questi uomini di scienza non possono sfuggire al ruolo predominante che esso svolge in qualsiasi loro attività.
La logica esiste nel pensiero.
I numeri esistono soltanto nel pensiero.
Io non mi arrabbio quando gli scenziati dicono che i fantasmi esistono nel pensiero.
E’ quel “soltanto” che mi manda in bestia.
Anche la scienza esiste “soltanto” nel pensiero.
[…]
Le leggi della natura sono invenzioni umane, come i fantasmi.
E così le leggi della logica e della matematica.
Tutte queste benedette cose solo un’invenzione dell’uomo,
compresa l’idea che non lo sono. "

― Robert M. Pirsig , Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance and Siddhartha 2 Books Collection Set

9 " The best way to break this cycle, I think, is to work out your anxieties on paper. Read every book and magazine you can on the subject. Your anxiety makes this easy and the more you read the more you calm down. You should remember that its peace of mind you’re after and not just a fixed machine. "

― Robert M. Pirsig , Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance and Siddhartha 2 Books Collection Set

10 " Quality is what you like "

― Robert M. Pirsig , Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance and Siddhartha 2 Books Collection Set

11 " It's happening, just from the warming of the sun, the road and green praire farmland and buffeting wind coming together. And soon it is nothing but beautiful warmth and wind and speed and sun down the empty road. The last chills of the morning are thawed by the warm air. Wind and more sun and more smooth road. "

― Robert M. Pirsig , Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance and Siddhartha 2 Books Collection Set